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Phrasal Abundantia in Cicero's Speeches

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

J. C. Davies
J. C. Davies
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield
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Extract

In the course of a wider study of stylistic development in Cicero's speeches1 an examination was conducted into the clausal and phrasal structure of a chronological cross-section of the speeches. The examination revealed some clearly distinguishable developments in the orator's maturing style.

This paper is restricted to an examination of one aspect of his stylistic development, namely his use of abundantia of phrases. The term abundantia has a long history, but in Cicero's rhetorical treatises it is almost synonymous with amplitudo and copia.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Classical Quarterly , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , May 1968 , pp. 142 - 149
Copyright
Copyright © The Classical Association 1968

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References

page 142 note 1 Lately submitted and accepted for a Ph.D. thesis (1965) at London University.Google Scholar

page 142 note 2 e.g. Hofmann, J. B., Lateinische Umgangssprache, Heidelberg, 1936, pp. 92 ff.Google Scholar